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It’s one week after the close of the 71st Cannes Film Festival and guest Aaron Locke, who guested on the first Cannes podcast, returns to chat with me about it. We talk about Aaron’s impressions as a first-time visitor of the fest, those early pieces about the lack of prestige and importance of Cannes and then move into our favorites …

The 2018 Cannes Film Festival is this week and this page will be your updated Cannes at a Glance featuring links to reviews from myself and Mina Takla, videos, podcasts, interviews, press conferences and more. You can check out pre-festival Cannes coverage here. Follow me on Twitter and Instagram for live thoughts and reactions. One of the more interesting things …

With just 10 days to go until the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, it’s time to look at the potential Foreign Language Film Oscar contenders that will premiere at the festival in its Official In Competition selection, Un Certain Regard, Critics’ Week and Directors’ Fortnight. Also, AwardsWatch will be at the festival bringing you live coverage, previews and …

Jane Fonda will appear at the71st Cannes Film Festival in one of the festival’s most loved sections, Cannes Classics. She will be in attendance for the world premiere of the documentary of her life in film Jane Fonda in Five Acts, directed by Susan Lacy (who will also be in attendance. A new Orson Welles documentary, The Eyes of Orson …

Seven years after being banned from the festival and ‘persona non grata,’ Danish director Lars von Trier will return to the Croisette this year with his new film, The House That Jack Built. At the press conference for Melancholia, von Trier spoke of being a Nazi (he’s not) and understanding Hitler. The shockwave led to artistic director Thierry Fremaux banning …

The announcement of the film playing the 71st Cannes Film Festival has been announced and they include Jean-Luc Godard’s Le Livre D’image, Jafar Panahi’s 3 Faces and Alice Rohrwacher’s Lazzaro Felice. Two Americans are in the lineup: Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman from Focus Features and David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake from A24. Some notable misses from this morning’s announcement include …

The Short films in Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection 2018 for the 71st Cannes Film Festival has been revealed. The announcement of the Official Selection will be April 12th. Following their deliberations, the Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury, presided by Bertrand Bonello, will decide on the best films both from the Short Films Competition and the Cinéfondation. THE 2018 SHORT FILMS …

The poster of the 71st Festival de Cannes, taken from Jean-Luc Godard’s Pierrot le fou (1965), is inspired by the work of Georges Pierre (1927-2003). This immense still photographer immortalised the shooting of over a hundred films in a 30-year career that began in 1960 with Jacques Rivette, Alain Resnais and Louis Malle. He then worked in partnership with Robert Enrico, Yves Robert, Claude Sautet, …

In 2002, it was Star Wars – Episode II – Attack of the Clones and in 2005, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. In 2018, what is one of the greatest legends in the history of cinema returns to the red carpet at the next Festival de Cannes. Presented Out of Competition, the latest film of the Star Wars galaxy by Ron Howard brings together Han Solo, …